160th Aviation Regiment

Company E
160th Aviation Regiment

Lineage & Honors

Information derived from the U.S. Army Center of Military History, current as of 14 June 2001

Distinctive Unit Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia
DUI Symbolism

Ultramarine blue and golden orange the colors used for Aviation units. The winged centaur suggests the combination of men and machine which is embodied in the armed helicopter. The crescent denotes day and night operations.

DUI Background

The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 160th Aviation Battalion on 5 March 1982. It was redesignated for the 160th Aviation Regiment effective 16 January 1988. The insignia was amended to correct the description and add metric measurements on 22 September 1992.

Constituted 1 April 1982 in the Regular Army as Company E, 160th Aviation Battalion, an element of the 101st Airborne Division

Activated 16 October 1986 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky (160th Aviation Battalion concurrently relieved from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division)

Reorganized and redesignated 16 January 1988 as Company E, 160th Aviation

Redesignated 28 June 1990 as Company B, 160th Aviation

Inactivated 15 November 1993 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky

Redesignated 29 January 1999 as Company E, 160th Aviation

Activated 16 March 2001 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky


Campaign Participation Credit

Armed Forces Expeditions

  • Panama

Southwest Asia

  • Liberation and Defense of Kuwait